nvws.org November 2011 November s Meeting Wednesday, November 9th, 2011 @ 7:00 pm Mesquite Club 702 E. St. Louis Ave. Las Vegas, NV 89104 Board Meeting Wed, November 9th@ 5:30pm November s Program Fractured Painting Session with a twist... Bring a painting that you don t mind parting with...and help create a masterpiece with your group. Also bring a brush and a couple of colors of paint - your choice! Paper and glue will be supplied. USED ART BOOK SALE (and magazine sale) Clean out your bookshelves and donate your gently used art books... Take home some exciting art books that will surely inspire you. See details on page 2. LAST CHANCE to submit Entries for the Western Fed Exhibition in Las Vegas 2012 Bring your digital file(s) and completed entry form to Ed Hoag October is just about over and our club has had a great month. The workshop with Carl Purcell was very informative, challenging and loads of fun. He left participants with many techniques to practice and add to our art work, and a fresh way to look at our photographs and compositions. A big Thank you to Carl for generously sharing his expertise and knowledge and to his wife Nan for the delicious shortbread and brownies. Thank you as well to Sharon Menary. Our monthly meeting was also successful with 64 artists in attendance. Members watched as Carl created a beautiful mountain scene demonstrating his unique painting techniques while imparting bits of artistic wisdom and sharing some of his humorous life experiences. Thank you to Sylvia for our Halloween decorations, to all those who brought treats and helped in the kitchen, and to all those who helped set up and tear down the meeting space for the workshop and the Wednesday meeting. Your assistance is greatly appreciated. Many of our artists brought paintings for our NVWS fundraiser coordinated by Barbara Yoerg. You will find details of the opening in this edition and she is still accepting paintings. So if you haven t had the chance and would still like to participate, please contact her for information. Our Fall Show opened this month at the West Charleston library and if you haven t had a chance to see it make sure you put it on your schedule. It is a fabulous collection of the work of our membership. Thank you to Vina Curtis for coordinating this event. Additionally, thank you to Dave Mazur who coordinated the paint out at Mt. Charleston which was lots of fun, and Bill Fravel who coordinated the valuable critique sessions on both sides of town. These events were well attended and will continue throughout the year, so please mark your calendars and join us. Fall is here and it s one of my favorite seasons. It reminds me there is a time to slow down and reflect and it entices me to paint using the warm color palette of autumn. So I ve been playing with the reds, oranges, golds, fading greens, and earth tones; it s inviting and comforting. The paint out and hike up at Mt. Charleston put me in the mood (the weather was perfect) and the pumpkin patches around town are helping as well. Great subjects for a fall scene along with the Indian corn, fruits, and vegetables of the harvest. Have you played around with the colors and subjects of the season yet? If not, it s time. I invite you to pull out those paints and create an autumn masterpiece. Hope to see you in November. Barbara Stanton, President November 2011 Nevada Watercolor Society page 1
Workshops Photoshop Elements Workshop taught by Shirley Jeane Nov. 15th 1-5pm at Sharon Menary s (3047 Evening Wind Street, Henderson 89052) The cost is $40 This is a hands-on workshop. Participants should have the Photoshop Elements software installed on their laptop or work with someone who does. Participants may contact Shirley Jeane in advance with a list of items they would like to learn. Class size is limited so register early. Register with Sharon Menary 463-2454. Fractured Painting Collages Each artist is to bring a small to medium painting that they no longer want. We will break into small groups to create a collage which will be a composite of the carefully torn unwanted paintings. If they want to bring a liner brush and some ink that will be great. Gently Used Artist Books Sale 1. Clean off your bookshelves at home and gather any art books, art videos or magazines that are collecting dust. 2. Bring these gently used items to November s meeting and receive 1 BookBucks coupon for each book or video donated. 3. Purchase any gently used, interesting art book or video for $5 + one coupon (or $10 without coupon) $ 0r 5 00 Each PLUS ONE COUPON Book Bucks This coupon has no monetary value and is for NVWS use only (1 coupon PER book or video) at November s meeting $ 10 00 Each without coupon No Limits..Bring as many as you like...buy as many as you like...at November s meeting Southeast Area (Henderson) meets first Tuesday of each month 10am-noon at Sharon Menary s (3047 Evening Wind Street, Henderson 89052) Northwest Area meets third Tuesday of each month 10am-noon at Art from the Heart (4020 North Tenaya Way, Las Vegas, NV 89129) cross streets are Alexander and Tenaya Bring a painting or 2 that you are working on and have the benefit of receiving a critique to help improve the painting. For additional information, contact Bill Fravel at 702-468-6041 or billfravel@aol.com Shows and Exhibits Holsum Miniature Art Show Suite 107 at Charleston and Grand Central Pkwy Please join us for our reception at the Holsum exhibit fund raiser for NVWS during First Friday, November 4 from 5:30 to 8:00 pm. The exhibit is in the Holsum Design Center, 241 W. Charleston Blvd. Ste 107. Parking is behind the Holsum building. (See page 5 for parking instructions) Hope you will all be there to kick off our fundraiser. November 2011 Nevada Watercolor Society page 2
Shows and Exhibits Congratulations to our 2011 NVWS Fall Show Winners Best of Show Seritory by Kathy Christensen First Place Jennifer in Green by Peg Lozier Second Place Boulder Still Life by David Mazur Third Place Feria De Manzana by Elida Kidman Dottie Burton Creative Award Wash Day on China s Grand Canal by Shirley Jeane 3 Honorable Mentions View from Above by Jan Schaeffer Do you Know How I Feel? by Elena Wherry The Last Disguise by Mareth Curtis Warner View it now though December 6th Sahara West Art Gallery/Library (9600 West Sahara Ave, Las Vegas, NV 89117) The Show Brochure is now available for download at nvws.org under Archives November 2011 Nevada Watercolor Society page 3
Paintout Paintout and Demonstration at Floyd Lamb Park at Tule Springs Saturday, November 19th, 9:30am to 2pm Join us for a day of painting and relaxation and an informative demonstration by Bill Fravel Planning a Painting Details available at November s meeting or call Dave Mazur at cell 248-766-3469 Floyd Lamb Park at Tule Springs is located approximately 15 miles from downtown Las Vegas. at 9200 Tule Springs Road, Las Vegas, NV 89131 There is a daily entrance fee of $6 per car or $1 to walk, bike or ride a horse into park! Misc NVWS Updates/changes to Directory: Karen Lassen PO Box 30748 Laughlin, NV 89028 Kathleen Ann Mullinnix 4 Oro Valley Drive Henderson, NV 89052 Home: 702-897-8562 Cell: 702-338-3928 E-mail: Kathleen_mullinnix@yahoo.com Judy Albanese 2488 Ashen Light Drive Home: 702-260-9543 E-mail: judyaaz@gmail.com Belinda Enger 3486 Hamonah Home: 702-645-3317 E-mail: suetan@aol.com Mareth Curtis Warren 648 NW 77th St. Seattle, WA 98117 Home: 206-706-3442 Cell: 206-755-4925 E-mail: marethw@comcast.net New Members: Dorothy Gruetmacher 2473 Jada Drive Home: 702-459-7930 Cell: 702-419-8240 E-Mail: dorothy899@cox.net Sherry Camden-Anders 2300 Kalkaska Drive Home phone: 702-629-6464 E-mail: lbanders@cox.net Gregory Colhouer 6741 N. Decatar Apt. 209 Las Vegas, NV 89131 Cell phone: 702-385-8378 E-mail: gcolhouer@yahoo.com Our thoughts and prayers go out to the families and friends of three longtime NVWS members that passed away recently. We will miss Lou Eells, Barbara Hunter and Mary Kirkland. November 2011 Nevada Watercolor Society page 4
November 2011 Dates to Remember Henderson Area 10am - noon Sharon Menary s home Holsum Art Show Reception Suite 107 at Charleston and Grand Central Pkwy Photoshop Elements Workshop 1-5pm Sharon Menary s home Northwest Area 10am - noon Art from the Heart NVWS Meeting Fractured Painting and Book Sale 7pm - Mesquite Club Paintout and Demonstration Floyd Lamb Park at Tule Springs 9:30 to 2 Upcoming events in December: December 2nd - Holsum Miniature Art Show Reception #2 December 7th - 10:30 am - Pick up paintings from Fall Show December 14th - Monthly Meeting - Potluck and Painting Exchange December 30th - Western Fed Accepted Notices mailed Please submit news for December s newsletter by Nov 26 to Louise Gillespie - gillespie4@earthlink.net or 658-2931 Thank you for donating empty printer ink cartridges. This saves us $$$ on our printing needs. We are still collecting them at every meeting. Committee Chairperson needed for Hospitality. See Barbara Stanton if interested. A Special Thank you to Carl Purcell for last month s workshop. Also a Special Thank you to Sharon Menary, our workshop chairperson, for organizing Carl Purcell s workshop last month and to Vina Curtis, our show chairperson for organizing the Fall Show. We appreciate all your hard work. Parking Directions for Holsum Lofts Reception The back parking lot at Holsum can be accessed by traffic coming from the east on Charleston. Turn left (south) on Main and go to Wyoming Turn right (west) on Wyoming to Western Turn right (north) on Western, proceed straight ahead at stop (Western turns into Wall Street) Right before reaching the rear of the Antiques Mall Store, turn right and look for the Holsum Building curved ceiling(s), Smith Center Sign. Park. Go through rear gate and enter Holsum Lofts. Loft 107 is the gallery location. There is parking in the front of Holsum, but it fills-up fast. There is handicap parking in the front near the gallery by the Smith Center Offices. November 2011 Nevada Watercolor Society page 5